Department of Biological Sciences

Welcome to the Federated Departments of Biological Sciences, a collaboration between Rutgers University-Newark and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Please use the links to your left to navigate our site.

The past decade has witnessed tremendous advances in the biological sciences and our Departments have developed a strategic plan to meet the changing needs of our students and our society. We recognize the contribution biology makes to a strong liberal arts education and understand the needs of its majors who are entering a world more biologically complex and sophisticated than a decade ago.

Undergraduate students in the program choose courses from among a wide range of research fields to both develop a solid foundation in biology and to build meaningful depth of study in areas of personal interest. In addition to formal lecture and lab courses, students have many opportunities for independent study through seminar courses and research with our outstanding faculty. Learn more about undergraduate opportunities ...

Graduate students can choose an MS or PhD program. Both programs stress the importance of the research experience and its value to critical thinking. Learn more about graduate opportunities ...

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Recent work from the Ware lab has been published in and featured on the cover of the November 7th issue of Science.

It's almost time! Coming October 2nd ...

BioBlitz will be back on Norman Samuels Plaza on October 2 from 8 am until 5 pm. Come out and see the biodiversity on our campus, maybe even find a new species. Click here for scenes from BioBlitz 2013.

And after the 2nd? Join us for Bird Walks on campus every Wednesday in October. Groups will meet at 7:45 am at the Boyden Hall plaza entrance.

As reported earlier by AP, National Geographic, and several other outlets, Dominic Evangelista and Jessica Ware used DNA barcoding to identify a cockroach species that has recently moved into New York City. Periplaneta japonica is native to Japan, and can survive NYC's winters outside. To watch Science Friday's video on a larger screen, click here.

Why do you do science?

Graduate student Natasha Gutierrez explains why she does science in this IBio clip.

New student publications

Dominic Evangelista, a Ph.D. candidate in the Ware Lab, recently published his work on species richness.